House Sponsors: MITCHELL-MCAULIFFE-MEYER-SAVIANO-JOHNSON,TOM, HOLBROOK AND MCGUIRE. Senate Sponsors: SIEBEN-VIVERITO-GEO-KARIS-DILLARD Short description: VETERANS-PAY HEADSTONE TRANSPO Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Veterans Burial Places Act. Increases the amount the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall pay for the cost of transporting and erecting a headstone or memorial for a United States war veteran when the headstone or memorial is required to be provided by the United States Government from an amount not to exceed $50 to an amount not to exceed $100. Changes a reference to a Section of the United States Code to reflect its renumbering. Effective immediately. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 490/100 new 5 ILCS 490/105 new 20 ILCS 2805/2.01a from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 67.01a 20 ILCS 2805/10 new 110 ILCS 947/40 Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that the 27th day of July of each year is designated Korean War Armistice Day and the third Friday of September of each year is designated POW/MIA Recognition Day. Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Act. Provides that money received by any officer of an Illinois Veterans Home shall be spent for the special comfort, pleasure, and amusement of residents and employees (now only residents). Provides that the Department of Veterans Affairs shall study the feasibility of the State of Illinois using existing United States Department of Veterans Affairs long-term care bed space to meet the future long-term care needs of the State's veterans and issue a final report to the Governor and General Assembly by July 1, 1999. Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. From the general requirement that in order to receive a Veteran Grant a veteran's service with the armed forces be for at least one year, excepts a veteran whose service with the armed forces is for less than one year but includes active military duty in Bosnia. Further amends the Veterans Burial Places Act to remove provision allowing the amount paid to be remitted to a monument company official. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0752 Last action date: 98-08-14 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 1 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status